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From: unland@cbmvax.UUCP (Rick Unland - Regional Support)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Dealer location hotline (Was: Amiga Ads)
Message-ID: <8377@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 1 Nov 89 17:55:52 GMT
References: <2658@nigel.udel.EDU> <4365@abaa.UUCP> <1891@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US> <73.filbo@gorn.santa-cruz.ca.us> <4460@abaa.UUCP>
Reply-To: unland@cbmvax.UUCP (Rick Unland - Regional Support)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 44

In article <4460@abaa.UUCP> esker@abaa.UUCP (Lawrence Esker) writes:
$In article <4365@abaa.UUCP> I wrote: 
$When I first got my A1000 in 1985, it was from a store a long distance away.
$I had an impossible time finding a closer dealer for software.  When I moved,
$the whole painful experience of finding a dealer repeated itself.  I just
$don't think anyone will go through this experience just because they saw
$pretty ads on the TV.  They need help, like the phone number mentioned in
$followup messages.  Maybe Rick Unland can help here since he has had some
$involvement with the TV ad productions.
$
$<All in all, I would rate it an above-average "800" product information line.
$
$Now that is what I call a 24 hour hotline.  Bela actually received an answer
$at 6:30 AM on Saturday.  This is what I requested in my original post.  Now
$all we need is for the phone number to be displayed under the Commodore Amiga
$final frame of the TV ads.
$
$---------- Lawrence W. Esker ----------  Modern Amish: Thou shalt not need any
$                                         computer that is not IBM compatible.
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Well the 800 number is on the adds as of the 28th when I saw the AD on KNBC
and the the 800 number came up right under the C= as it should. All in all
the 800 number I called was extremely responsive and the information is correct.


As for my part in the AD's I was in charge of Technical for the shoots, All the
Amigas were remote controlled by me and the animations were done by others. I
was also incharge of the video part of the shoots and the synching of the Amiga
to the film camera's. I was also responsible for the post production work done 
on the "Girl Next Door" sequence.  The overlay of graphics was done real time 
and bumped to 1 inch where we did all the editing. I had no responsibilty for 
creative or content control, this was the baliwick of the AD agency.  They are
the ones who put the 800 number on the commercials.

Rick Unland


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